Jan
2016 – Qiaoying’s paper on the effects of solution chemistry
and soft protein corona on the interactions of silver nanoparticles and model
cell membranes has been accepted by ES&T!

Oct
2015 – Xitong’s paper on the role of phosphate
adsorption on the aggregation and interactions of chemical mechanical
planarization nanoparticles with model cell membranes has been accepted by ES:Nano!

Oct
2015 – Xitong’s paper on the interactions of
graphene oxide with model cell membranes has been accepted by Langmuir.
Congratulations Xitong!

Aug
2015 – Congratulations to Xitong for being awarded an Outstanding Student
Presentation Award in the Division of Environmental Chemistry symposium on
Environmental Transformation of Nanoparticles at the recent ACS Meeting in
Boston!

May
2015 – Our multi-institutional paper on the characterization of model
chemical mechanical planarization nanoparticles has been accepted by Environmental
Science: Nano. Xitong and our former group member Dr. Peng Yi are
co-authors on the paper!

Mar
2015 – Our work on the surface modification of membranes with silver
nanoparticles and polyelectrolyte multilayers has been accepted by the Journal
of Colloid and Interface Science! Thanks to Li for taking the lead!

Feb
2015 – Congratulations to Li who has been awarded a 2015 C. Ellen Gonter Environmental Chemistry Award by the ACS
Division of Environmental Chemistry for her research on the modification
of polysulfone membranes with polydopamine and silver nanoparticles to
enhance their resistance to biofouling.

Feb
2015 – Li’s paper on the modification of membranes using polydopamine and
silver nanoparticles to mitigate biofouling has been accepted by ES&T
Letters! Congratulations to Li!